This spectacular new complex features innovative teaching environments that benefit new hires, veteran employees as well as the communities we serve. We have a long history of safely and reliably delivering natural gas to communities and customers throughout Pennsylvania; the new Columbia GasTrainingCenter will help ensure that continues for many generations to come.

published:13 Jul 2016

views:3115

published:25 Sep 2015

views:413

Columbia Gas said today's house explosion was likely caused by in-home alterations to the gas line.

published:17 Nov 2015

views:225

While no energy delivery system can guarantee 100% reliability, natural gas is one of the most reliable and efficient. We take proactive steps, like the ones in this video, to ensure the highest level of reliability possible in extreme cold weather.

published:19 Feb 2015

views:97

Columbia Gas said today's house explosion was likely caused by in-home alterations to the gas line.

Miscellaneous Technology playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A5AECE797B4D332
more at http://quickfound.net
"Natural gas: Servicemen, gas lines to homes and businesses, etc.
Film begins with shot of primitive methods used in digging for brine well, circa 1815 (hand-pumping); could pass for primitive oil drilling. CU's of 19th century gas lamps, and gas stovetops; street sweeper and derbied policeman of turn of century (circa 1890s)..."
Public domain film from the Library of CongressPrelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NiSource
NiSource, Inc. (NYSE:NI) is one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.5 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across seven states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands. The company, based in Merrillville, Indiana, has more than 7,000 employees...
Company operations
NiSource's natural gas utilities provide domestically produced supplies of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers via nearly 60,000 miles of pipeline and related facilities in seven states: Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
NiSource provides electric energy to nearly 500,000 customers, all located in northern Indiana. NiSource’s electric operations include power generation, transmission and local distribution, as well as wholesale and electric transmission transactions. NiSource uses both traditional and renewable generation sources, including natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, and coal generated supplies, providing a total system operating net capability of more than 3,000 megawatts.
In 2015, NiSource was named to the Dow JonesSustainability - North AmericaIndex for the second year in a row and for the ninth time since 1999.
Internal organization
NiSource operates seven local utilities in its service region.
- Northern IndianaPublic Service Co. (NIPSCO)
- Columbia Gas of Massachusetts (PreviouslyBay State Gas)
- Columbia Gas of Ohio
- Columbia Gas of Kentucky
- Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania
- Columbia Gas of Maryland
- Columbia Gas of Virginia
Recent corporate actions
On July 1, 2015, NiSource separated ColumbiaPipelineGroup (NYSE: CPGX) into a stand-alone publicly traded company. Each NiSource shareholder at the time of the separation received one share of Columbia Pipeline Group for each share of NiSource. The separation of Columbia Pipeline Group included Columbia Gas Transmission, Columbia Gulf Transmission, Columbia Midstream Group, its ownership in Columbia Pipeline Partners (NYSE: CPPL), and other natural gas pipeline, storage and midstream holdings.
Criticism
In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized NiSource for spending $1.83 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008-2010, instead getting $227 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $1.4 billion, and increasing executive pay by 33% to $11.2 million in 2010 for its top 5 executives. One rule NiSource, among other companies, benefitted from was a bonus depreciation rule that lowered the federal tax expense. NiSource stated, “This law, enacted by Congress, encouraged companies like NiSource to accelerate capital investments to spur economic recovery by permitting portions of these investments to be deducted at an accelerated rate. Only the timing of the deductions was changed, and not the amount that could be deducted. This means our income tax expense will likely be higher in the future.”

published:31 Mar 2016

views:800

published:07 Nov 2013

views:913

What should you do if you think there's a gas leak? How can you make sure your appliances are working safely? What gas lines should you have inspected? This video has answers to many common safety questions. Get more answers at ColumbiaGasOhio.com/StaySafe.

published:01 Feb 2017

views:673

Learn a little about our GPS Surveying process and how it's helping us improve our system.

published:15 Apr 2016

views:782

Tips on how to reduce your gas bill.

published:31 Jan 2018

views:38

Fireball explosion of an interstate natural gas transmission line in West Virginia, which left behind a huge jet of flame that burned for more an hour, melted four lanes of I-77, destroyed four homes and damaged five others. The explosion occurred between Sissonville and Pocatalico just before 1 p.m. in a 20-inch transmission line owned by NiSource Inc., parent of Columbia Gas.

NiSource

NiSource, Inc. (NYSE:NI) is one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.5 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across seven states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands. The company, based in Merrillville, Indiana, has more than 7,000 employees.

NiSource provides electric energy to nearly 500,000 customers, all located in northern Indiana. NiSource’s electric operations include power generation, transmission and local distribution, as well as wholesale and electric transmission transactions. NiSource uses both traditional and renewable generation sources, including natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, and coal generated supplies, providing a total system operating net capability of more than 3,000 megawatts.

Gas

Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and plasma). A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon), elemental molecules made from one type of atom (e.g. oxygen), or compound molecules made from a variety of atoms (e.g. carbon dioxide). A gas mixture would contain a variety of pure gases much like the air. What distinguishes a gas from liquids and solids is the vast separation of the individual gas particles. This separation usually makes a colorless gas invisible to the human observer. The interaction of gas particles in the presence of electric and gravitational fields are considered negligible as indicated by the constant velocity vectors in the image. One type of commonly known gas is steam.

The gaseous state of matter is found between the liquid and plasma states, the latter of which provides the upper temperature boundary for gases. Bounding the lower end of the temperature scale lie degenerative quantum gases which are gaining increasing attention. High-density atomic gases super cooled to incredibly low temperatures are classified by their statistical behavior as either a Bose gas or a Fermi gas. For a comprehensive listing of these exotic states of matter see list of states of matter.

Natural gas

Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbongas mixture consisting primarily of methane, but commonly including varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and/or hydrogen sulfide. It is formed when layers of decomposing plant and animal matter are exposed to intense heat and pressure supplied by existing under the surface over millions of years. The energy that the plants originally obtained from the sun is stored in the form of chemical bonds in the gas.

Natural gas is found in deep underground rock formations or associated with other hydrocarbon reservoirs in coal beds and as methane clathrates. Petroleum is another resource and fossil fuel found in close proximity to, and with natural gas. Most natural gas was created over time by two mechanisms: biogenic and thermogenic. Biogenic gas is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, landfills, and shallow sediments. Deeper in the earth, at greater temperature and pressure, thermogenic gas is created from buried organic material.

Introducing the Columbia Gas Training Center

This spectacular new complex features innovative teaching environments that benefit new hires, veteran employees as well as the communities we serve. We have a long history of safely and reliably delivering natural gas to communities and customers throughout Pennsylvania; the new Columbia GasTrainingCenter will help ensure that continues for many generations to come.

4:14

Columbia Gas Pipeline Replacement Video

Columbia Gas Pipeline Replacement Video

Columbia Gas Pipeline Replacement Video

3:03

Columbia Gas investigation

Columbia Gas investigation

Columbia Gas investigation

Columbia Gas said today's house explosion was likely caused by in-home alterations to the gas line.

2:30

Columbia Gas of Virginia is prepared for extreme cold weather

Columbia Gas of Virginia is prepared for extreme cold weather

Columbia Gas of Virginia is prepared for extreme cold weather

While no energy delivery system can guarantee 100% reliability, natural gas is one of the most reliable and efficient. We take proactive steps, like the ones in this video, to ensure the highest level of reliability possible in extreme cold weather.

2:44

Columbia Gas puts onus on homeowner

Columbia Gas puts onus on homeowner

Columbia Gas puts onus on homeowner

Columbia Gas said today's house explosion was likely caused by in-home alterations to the gas line.

Columbia Gas outage

Natural Gas Utilities: "These Are My People" 1959 Columbia Gas System

Miscellaneous Technology playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A5AECE797B4D332
more at http://quickfound.net
"Natural gas: Servicemen, gas lines to homes and businesses, etc.
Film begins with shot of primitive methods used in digging for brine well, circa 1815 (hand-pumping); could pass for primitive oil drilling. CU's of 19th century gas lamps, and gas stovetops; street sweeper and derbied policeman of turn of century (circa 1890s)..."
Public domain film from the Library of CongressPrelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NiSource
NiSource, Inc. (NYSE:NI) is one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.5 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across seven states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands. The company, based in Merrillville, Indiana, has more than 7,000 employees...
Company operations
NiSource's natural gas utilities provide domestically produced supplies of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers via nearly 60,000 miles of pipeline and related facilities in seven states: Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
NiSource provides electric energy to nearly 500,000 customers, all located in northern Indiana. NiSource’s electric operations include power generation, transmission and local distribution, as well as wholesale and electric transmission transactions. NiSource uses both traditional and renewable generation sources, including natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, and coal generated supplies, providing a total system operating net capability of more than 3,000 megawatts.
In 2015, NiSource was named to the Dow JonesSustainability - North AmericaIndex for the second year in a row and for the ninth time since 1999.
Internal organization
NiSource operates seven local utilities in its service region.
- Northern IndianaPublic Service Co. (NIPSCO)
- Columbia Gas of Massachusetts (PreviouslyBay State Gas)
- Columbia Gas of Ohio
- Columbia Gas of Kentucky
- Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania
- Columbia Gas of Maryland
- Columbia Gas of Virginia
Recent corporate actions
On July 1, 2015, NiSource separated ColumbiaPipelineGroup (NYSE: CPGX) into a stand-alone publicly traded company. Each NiSource shareholder at the time of the separation received one share of Columbia Pipeline Group for each share of NiSource. The separation of Columbia Pipeline Group included Columbia Gas Transmission, Columbia Gulf Transmission, Columbia Midstream Group, its ownership in Columbia Pipeline Partners (NYSE: CPPL), and other natural gas pipeline, storage and midstream holdings.
Criticism
In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized NiSource for spending $1.83 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008-2010, instead getting $227 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $1.4 billion, and increasing executive pay by 33% to $11.2 million in 2010 for its top 5 executives. One rule NiSource, among other companies, benefitted from was a bonus depreciation rule that lowered the federal tax expense. NiSource stated, “This law, enacted by Congress, encouraged companies like NiSource to accelerate capital investments to spur economic recovery by permitting portions of these investments to be deducted at an accelerated rate. Only the timing of the deductions was changed, and not the amount that could be deducted. This means our income tax expense will likely be higher in the future.”

0:58

My dad's Columbia Gas commercial

My dad's Columbia Gas commercial

My dad's Columbia Gas commercial

8:04

Natural gas safety

Natural gas safety

Natural gas safety

What should you do if you think there's a gas leak? How can you make sure your appliances are working safely? What gas lines should you have inspected? This video has answers to many common safety questions. Get more answers at ColumbiaGasOhio.com/StaySafe.

1:12

GPS Surveying Process - Columbia Gas of Virginia

GPS Surveying Process - Columbia Gas of Virginia

GPS Surveying Process - Columbia Gas of Virginia

Learn a little about our GPS Surveying process and how it's helping us improve our system.

5:38

WHY IS MY COLUMBIA GAS BILL SO HIGH?!! How to reduce your bill!

WHY IS MY COLUMBIA GAS BILL SO HIGH?!! How to reduce your bill!

WHY IS MY COLUMBIA GAS BILL SO HIGH?!! How to reduce your bill!

Tips on how to reduce your gas bill.

9:49

WV Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture 12-2012

WV Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture 12-2012

WV Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture 12-2012

Fireball explosion of an interstate natural gas transmission line in West Virginia, which left behind a huge jet of flame that burned for more an hour, melted four lanes of I-77, destroyed four homes and damaged five others. The explosion occurred between Sissonville and Pocatalico just before 1 p.m. in a 20-inch transmission line owned by NiSource Inc., parent of Columbia Gas.

Introducing the Columbia Gas Training Center

This spectacular new complex features innovative teaching environments that benefit new hires, veteran employees as well as the communities we serve. We have a long history of safely and reliably delivering natural gas to communities and customers throughout Pennsylvania; the new Columbia GasTrainingCenter will help ensure that continues for many generations to come.

published: 13 Jul 2016

Columbia Gas Pipeline Replacement Video

published: 25 Sep 2015

Columbia Gas investigation

Columbia Gas said today's house explosion was likely caused by in-home alterations to the gas line.

published: 17 Nov 2015

Columbia Gas of Virginia is prepared for extreme cold weather

While no energy delivery system can guarantee 100% reliability, natural gas is one of the most reliable and efficient. We take proactive steps, like the ones in this video, to ensure the highest level of reliability possible in extreme cold weather.

published: 19 Feb 2015

Columbia Gas puts onus on homeowner

Columbia Gas said today's house explosion was likely caused by in-home alterations to the gas line.

Columbia Gas outage

Natural Gas Utilities: "These Are My People" 1959 Columbia Gas System

Miscellaneous Technology playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A5AECE797B4D332
more at http://quickfound.net
"Natural gas: Servicemen, gas lines to homes and businesses, etc.
Film begins with shot of primitive methods used in digging for brine well, circa 1815 (hand-pumping); could pass for primitive oil drilling. CU's of 19th century gas lamps, and gas stovetops; street sweeper and derbied policeman of turn of century (circa 1890s)..."
Public domain film from the Library of CongressPrelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equaliza...

published: 31 Mar 2016

My dad's Columbia Gas commercial

published: 07 Nov 2013

Natural gas safety

What should you do if you think there's a gas leak? How can you make sure your appliances are working safely? What gas lines should you have inspected? This video has answers to many common safety questions. Get more answers at ColumbiaGasOhio.com/StaySafe.

published: 01 Feb 2017

GPS Surveying Process - Columbia Gas of Virginia

Learn a little about our GPS Surveying process and how it's helping us improve our system.

published: 15 Apr 2016

WHY IS MY COLUMBIA GAS BILL SO HIGH?!! How to reduce your bill!

Tips on how to reduce your gas bill.

published: 31 Jan 2018

WV Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture 12-2012

Fireball explosion of an interstate natural gas transmission line in West Virginia, which left behind a huge jet of flame that burned for more an hour, melted four lanes of I-77, destroyed four homes and damaged five others. The explosion occurred between Sissonville and Pocatalico just before 1 p.m. in a 20-inch transmission line owned by NiSource Inc., parent of Columbia Gas.

Introducing the Columbia Gas Training Center

This spectacular new complex features innovative teaching environments that benefit new hires, veteran employees as well as the communities we serve. We have a ...

This spectacular new complex features innovative teaching environments that benefit new hires, veteran employees as well as the communities we serve. We have a long history of safely and reliably delivering natural gas to communities and customers throughout Pennsylvania; the new Columbia GasTrainingCenter will help ensure that continues for many generations to come.

This spectacular new complex features innovative teaching environments that benefit new hires, veteran employees as well as the communities we serve. We have a long history of safely and reliably delivering natural gas to communities and customers throughout Pennsylvania; the new Columbia GasTrainingCenter will help ensure that continues for many generations to come.

Columbia Gas of Virginia is prepared for extreme cold weather

While no energy delivery system can guarantee 100% reliability, natural gas is one of the most reliable and efficient. We take proactive steps, like the ones in...

While no energy delivery system can guarantee 100% reliability, natural gas is one of the most reliable and efficient. We take proactive steps, like the ones in this video, to ensure the highest level of reliability possible in extreme cold weather.

While no energy delivery system can guarantee 100% reliability, natural gas is one of the most reliable and efficient. We take proactive steps, like the ones in this video, to ensure the highest level of reliability possible in extreme cold weather.

Miscellaneous Technology playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A5AECE797B4D332
more at http://quickfound.net
"Natural gas: Servicemen, gas lines to homes and businesses, etc.
Film begins with shot of primitive methods used in digging for brine well, circa 1815 (hand-pumping); could pass for primitive oil drilling. CU's of 19th century gas lamps, and gas stovetops; street sweeper and derbied policeman of turn of century (circa 1890s)..."
Public domain film from the Library of CongressPrelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NiSource
NiSource, Inc. (NYSE:NI) is one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.5 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across seven states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands. The company, based in Merrillville, Indiana, has more than 7,000 employees...
Company operations
NiSource's natural gas utilities provide domestically produced supplies of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers via nearly 60,000 miles of pipeline and related facilities in seven states: Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
NiSource provides electric energy to nearly 500,000 customers, all located in northern Indiana. NiSource’s electric operations include power generation, transmission and local distribution, as well as wholesale and electric transmission transactions. NiSource uses both traditional and renewable generation sources, including natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, and coal generated supplies, providing a total system operating net capability of more than 3,000 megawatts.
In 2015, NiSource was named to the Dow JonesSustainability - North AmericaIndex for the second year in a row and for the ninth time since 1999.
Internal organization
NiSource operates seven local utilities in its service region.
- Northern IndianaPublic Service Co. (NIPSCO)
- Columbia Gas of Massachusetts (PreviouslyBay State Gas)
- Columbia Gas of Ohio
- Columbia Gas of Kentucky
- Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania
- Columbia Gas of Maryland
- Columbia Gas of Virginia
Recent corporate actions
On July 1, 2015, NiSource separated ColumbiaPipelineGroup (NYSE: CPGX) into a stand-alone publicly traded company. Each NiSource shareholder at the time of the separation received one share of Columbia Pipeline Group for each share of NiSource. The separation of Columbia Pipeline Group included Columbia Gas Transmission, Columbia Gulf Transmission, Columbia Midstream Group, its ownership in Columbia Pipeline Partners (NYSE: CPPL), and other natural gas pipeline, storage and midstream holdings.
Criticism
In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized NiSource for spending $1.83 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008-2010, instead getting $227 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $1.4 billion, and increasing executive pay by 33% to $11.2 million in 2010 for its top 5 executives. One rule NiSource, among other companies, benefitted from was a bonus depreciation rule that lowered the federal tax expense. NiSource stated, “This law, enacted by Congress, encouraged companies like NiSource to accelerate capital investments to spur economic recovery by permitting portions of these investments to be deducted at an accelerated rate. Only the timing of the deductions was changed, and not the amount that could be deducted. This means our income tax expense will likely be higher in the future.”

Miscellaneous Technology playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A5AECE797B4D332
more at http://quickfound.net
"Natural gas: Servicemen, gas lines to homes and businesses, etc.
Film begins with shot of primitive methods used in digging for brine well, circa 1815 (hand-pumping); could pass for primitive oil drilling. CU's of 19th century gas lamps, and gas stovetops; street sweeper and derbied policeman of turn of century (circa 1890s)..."
Public domain film from the Library of CongressPrelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NiSource
NiSource, Inc. (NYSE:NI) is one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.5 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across seven states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands. The company, based in Merrillville, Indiana, has more than 7,000 employees...
Company operations
NiSource's natural gas utilities provide domestically produced supplies of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers via nearly 60,000 miles of pipeline and related facilities in seven states: Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
NiSource provides electric energy to nearly 500,000 customers, all located in northern Indiana. NiSource’s electric operations include power generation, transmission and local distribution, as well as wholesale and electric transmission transactions. NiSource uses both traditional and renewable generation sources, including natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, and coal generated supplies, providing a total system operating net capability of more than 3,000 megawatts.
In 2015, NiSource was named to the Dow JonesSustainability - North AmericaIndex for the second year in a row and for the ninth time since 1999.
Internal organization
NiSource operates seven local utilities in its service region.
- Northern IndianaPublic Service Co. (NIPSCO)
- Columbia Gas of Massachusetts (PreviouslyBay State Gas)
- Columbia Gas of Ohio
- Columbia Gas of Kentucky
- Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania
- Columbia Gas of Maryland
- Columbia Gas of Virginia
Recent corporate actions
On July 1, 2015, NiSource separated ColumbiaPipelineGroup (NYSE: CPGX) into a stand-alone publicly traded company. Each NiSource shareholder at the time of the separation received one share of Columbia Pipeline Group for each share of NiSource. The separation of Columbia Pipeline Group included Columbia Gas Transmission, Columbia Gulf Transmission, Columbia Midstream Group, its ownership in Columbia Pipeline Partners (NYSE: CPPL), and other natural gas pipeline, storage and midstream holdings.
Criticism
In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized NiSource for spending $1.83 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008-2010, instead getting $227 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $1.4 billion, and increasing executive pay by 33% to $11.2 million in 2010 for its top 5 executives. One rule NiSource, among other companies, benefitted from was a bonus depreciation rule that lowered the federal tax expense. NiSource stated, “This law, enacted by Congress, encouraged companies like NiSource to accelerate capital investments to spur economic recovery by permitting portions of these investments to be deducted at an accelerated rate. Only the timing of the deductions was changed, and not the amount that could be deducted. This means our income tax expense will likely be higher in the future.”

Natural gas safety

What should you do if you think there's a gas leak? How can you make sure your appliances are working safely? What gas lines should you have inspected? This vid...

What should you do if you think there's a gas leak? How can you make sure your appliances are working safely? What gas lines should you have inspected? This video has answers to many common safety questions. Get more answers at ColumbiaGasOhio.com/StaySafe.

What should you do if you think there's a gas leak? How can you make sure your appliances are working safely? What gas lines should you have inspected? This video has answers to many common safety questions. Get more answers at ColumbiaGasOhio.com/StaySafe.

WV Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture 12-2012

Fireball explosion of an interstate natural gas transmission line in West Virginia, which left behind a huge jet of flame that burned for more an hour, melted f...

Fireball explosion of an interstate natural gas transmission line in West Virginia, which left behind a huge jet of flame that burned for more an hour, melted four lanes of I-77, destroyed four homes and damaged five others. The explosion occurred between Sissonville and Pocatalico just before 1 p.m. in a 20-inch transmission line owned by NiSource Inc., parent of Columbia Gas.

Fireball explosion of an interstate natural gas transmission line in West Virginia, which left behind a huge jet of flame that burned for more an hour, melted four lanes of I-77, destroyed four homes and damaged five others. The explosion occurred between Sissonville and Pocatalico just before 1 p.m. in a 20-inch transmission line owned by NiSource Inc., parent of Columbia Gas.

Natural Gas Utilities: "These Are My People" 1959 Columbia Gas System

Miscellaneous Technology playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A5AECE797B4D332
more at http://quickfound.net
"Natural gas: Servicemen, gas lines to homes and businesses, etc.
Film begins with shot of primitive methods used in digging for brine well, circa 1815 (hand-pumping); could pass for primitive oil drilling. CU's of 19th century gas lamps, and gas stovetops; street sweeper and derbied policeman of turn of century (circa 1890s)..."
Public domain film from the Library of CongressPrelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equaliza...

published: 31 Mar 2016

Columbia Gas of Virginia - Six Years - Global Ethical Company Award

published: 10 May 2017

Fueling Ohios Future: NiSource CEO Joe Hamrock

Joe Hamrock has a new gig this summer as president and CEO of NiSource, the parent company of Columbia Gas. On Wednesday, July 8, Hamrock was interviewed by Don DePerro, publisher and president of Columbus Business First.
NiSource recently completed a separation into two publicly traded companies, NiSource Inc. and ColumbiaPipelineGroup. Hamrock, most recently the Executive Vice President and Group CEO for NiSource's GasDistribution segment will lead NiSource. Robert Skaggs, Jr., who had the top position with NiSource prior to the split leads Columbia Pipeline Group as chairman & CEO.
NiSource remains one of the largest natural gas utility companies in the United States, serving more than 3.4 million customers in seven states including Columbia Gas of Ohio. NiSource also...

published: 09 Jul 2015

Strain Hunters Jamaica Expedition (Full Length)

Please Subscribe to keep us going! OfficialSite: http://www.strainhunters.com http://www.greenhouseseeds.nl Facebook http://facebook.com/greenhouseseeds & http://facebook.com/strainhunters.official
Music by: Marlon Parkes aka Bobo Shanty
https://marlonparkes.wordpress.com/
Here we go again!
We board a flight from Amsterdam and in 9 hours we are in the Caribbean. After a layover of just a couple of hours on Curacao, we fly on to Jamaica. We land in Kingston around 11 am local time. The air is hot, but not too humid.
We have a 3 hours layover, so we decide to get out of the airport and go have lunch in Port Royal, half an hour away on the coast. It's a bit of a ghost-town, once a very rich merchant harbor, destroyed at the end of the seventeenth century by a powerful earthquake. It looks l...

IEA Gas 2017 Global Launch

July 13, 2017
The natural gas market is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Industry has overtaken the power sector as the driving force behind the growing use of gas. At the same time, structural changes in gas supply and trade are changing global gas market. Heavily oversupplied markets, the ongoing shale-gas revolution in the United States and the fast-growing LNG trade are disrupting traditional gas business and pricing models. This is forcing market players to redefine their strategies and explore new markets.
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for the global launch of the IEA’s annual natural-gas market analysis and forecast report. Renamed Gas 2017, the market report provides a detailed analysis of supply and trade developments, infrastructure investments, and dem...

published: 16 Jul 2017

Living in the Sewers of Colombia

Aside from literally sleeping in feces, these people are dodging rats, flash floods and drug addicts. What's worse, the sewer dwellers are constantly under attack by local "death squads," who fire open rounds and pour gasoline into their underground homes, then set them ablaze.
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"Natural gas: Servicemen, gas lines to homes and businesses, etc.
Film begins with shot of primitive methods used in digging for brine well, circa 1815 (hand-pumping); could pass for primitive oil drilling. CU's of 19th century gas lamps, and gas stovetops; street sweeper and derbied policeman of turn of century (circa 1890s)..."
Public domain film from the Library of CongressPrelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NiSource
NiSource, Inc. (NYSE:NI) is one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.5 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across seven states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands. The company, based in Merrillville, Indiana, has more than 7,000 employees...
Company operations
NiSource's natural gas utilities provide domestically produced supplies of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers via nearly 60,000 miles of pipeline and related facilities in seven states: Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
NiSource provides electric energy to nearly 500,000 customers, all located in northern Indiana. NiSource’s electric operations include power generation, transmission and local distribution, as well as wholesale and electric transmission transactions. NiSource uses both traditional and renewable generation sources, including natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, and coal generated supplies, providing a total system operating net capability of more than 3,000 megawatts.
In 2015, NiSource was named to the Dow JonesSustainability - North AmericaIndex for the second year in a row and for the ninth time since 1999.
Internal organization
NiSource operates seven local utilities in its service region.
- Northern IndianaPublic Service Co. (NIPSCO)
- Columbia Gas of Massachusetts (PreviouslyBay State Gas)
- Columbia Gas of Ohio
- Columbia Gas of Kentucky
- Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania
- Columbia Gas of Maryland
- Columbia Gas of Virginia
Recent corporate actions
On July 1, 2015, NiSource separated ColumbiaPipelineGroup (NYSE: CPGX) into a stand-alone publicly traded company. Each NiSource shareholder at the time of the separation received one share of Columbia Pipeline Group for each share of NiSource. The separation of Columbia Pipeline Group included Columbia Gas Transmission, Columbia Gulf Transmission, Columbia Midstream Group, its ownership in Columbia Pipeline Partners (NYSE: CPPL), and other natural gas pipeline, storage and midstream holdings.
Criticism
In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized NiSource for spending $1.83 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008-2010, instead getting $227 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $1.4 billion, and increasing executive pay by 33% to $11.2 million in 2010 for its top 5 executives. One rule NiSource, among other companies, benefitted from was a bonus depreciation rule that lowered the federal tax expense. NiSource stated, “This law, enacted by Congress, encouraged companies like NiSource to accelerate capital investments to spur economic recovery by permitting portions of these investments to be deducted at an accelerated rate. Only the timing of the deductions was changed, and not the amount that could be deducted. This means our income tax expense will likely be higher in the future.”

Miscellaneous Technology playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A5AECE797B4D332
more at http://quickfound.net
"Natural gas: Servicemen, gas lines to homes and businesses, etc.
Film begins with shot of primitive methods used in digging for brine well, circa 1815 (hand-pumping); could pass for primitive oil drilling. CU's of 19th century gas lamps, and gas stovetops; street sweeper and derbied policeman of turn of century (circa 1890s)..."
Public domain film from the Library of CongressPrelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NiSource
NiSource, Inc. (NYSE:NI) is one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.5 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across seven states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands. The company, based in Merrillville, Indiana, has more than 7,000 employees...
Company operations
NiSource's natural gas utilities provide domestically produced supplies of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers via nearly 60,000 miles of pipeline and related facilities in seven states: Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
NiSource provides electric energy to nearly 500,000 customers, all located in northern Indiana. NiSource’s electric operations include power generation, transmission and local distribution, as well as wholesale and electric transmission transactions. NiSource uses both traditional and renewable generation sources, including natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, and coal generated supplies, providing a total system operating net capability of more than 3,000 megawatts.
In 2015, NiSource was named to the Dow JonesSustainability - North AmericaIndex for the second year in a row and for the ninth time since 1999.
Internal organization
NiSource operates seven local utilities in its service region.
- Northern IndianaPublic Service Co. (NIPSCO)
- Columbia Gas of Massachusetts (PreviouslyBay State Gas)
- Columbia Gas of Ohio
- Columbia Gas of Kentucky
- Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania
- Columbia Gas of Maryland
- Columbia Gas of Virginia
Recent corporate actions
On July 1, 2015, NiSource separated ColumbiaPipelineGroup (NYSE: CPGX) into a stand-alone publicly traded company. Each NiSource shareholder at the time of the separation received one share of Columbia Pipeline Group for each share of NiSource. The separation of Columbia Pipeline Group included Columbia Gas Transmission, Columbia Gulf Transmission, Columbia Midstream Group, its ownership in Columbia Pipeline Partners (NYSE: CPPL), and other natural gas pipeline, storage and midstream holdings.
Criticism
In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized NiSource for spending $1.83 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008-2010, instead getting $227 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $1.4 billion, and increasing executive pay by 33% to $11.2 million in 2010 for its top 5 executives. One rule NiSource, among other companies, benefitted from was a bonus depreciation rule that lowered the federal tax expense. NiSource stated, “This law, enacted by Congress, encouraged companies like NiSource to accelerate capital investments to spur economic recovery by permitting portions of these investments to be deducted at an accelerated rate. Only the timing of the deductions was changed, and not the amount that could be deducted. This means our income tax expense will likely be higher in the future.”

Fueling Ohios Future: NiSource CEO Joe Hamrock

Joe Hamrock has a new gig this summer as president and CEO of NiSource, the parent company of Columbia Gas. On Wednesday, July 8, Hamrock was interviewed by Do...

Joe Hamrock has a new gig this summer as president and CEO of NiSource, the parent company of Columbia Gas. On Wednesday, July 8, Hamrock was interviewed by Don DePerro, publisher and president of Columbus Business First.
NiSource recently completed a separation into two publicly traded companies, NiSource Inc. and ColumbiaPipelineGroup. Hamrock, most recently the Executive Vice President and Group CEO for NiSource's GasDistribution segment will lead NiSource. Robert Skaggs, Jr., who had the top position with NiSource prior to the split leads Columbia Pipeline Group as chairman & CEO.
NiSource remains one of the largest natural gas utility companies in the United States, serving more than 3.4 million customers in seven states including Columbia Gas of Ohio. NiSource also serves approximately 500,000 electric customers. The company has announced that it plans to invest $30 billion in the next 20 years to make upgrades and modernize gas and electric distribution systems.
Hamrock began his career with American Electric Power in Steubenville, OH, as an electrical engineer in transmission and distribution planning. He has experience with commercial and industrial customer services, marketing, strategic development and other executive roles including senior vice president and chief information officer. He served as president of AEP Ohio immediately prior to moving to NiSource in May, 2012.
He received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Youngstown State University and a master's degree in business administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a Sloan fellow. He is a registered professional engineer in Ohio.
Hamrock’s talents are also showcased on stage when he performs with the classic rock band The Navigators, which is made up of primarily executives from (or formerly) American Electric Power. Their limited public engagements provide entertainment for charity events. Hamrock is occasionally asked to sit-in with the AEP “house band,” the Power Chords, which also includes AEP CEO Nick Akins.

Joe Hamrock has a new gig this summer as president and CEO of NiSource, the parent company of Columbia Gas. On Wednesday, July 8, Hamrock was interviewed by Don DePerro, publisher and president of Columbus Business First.
NiSource recently completed a separation into two publicly traded companies, NiSource Inc. and ColumbiaPipelineGroup. Hamrock, most recently the Executive Vice President and Group CEO for NiSource's GasDistribution segment will lead NiSource. Robert Skaggs, Jr., who had the top position with NiSource prior to the split leads Columbia Pipeline Group as chairman & CEO.
NiSource remains one of the largest natural gas utility companies in the United States, serving more than 3.4 million customers in seven states including Columbia Gas of Ohio. NiSource also serves approximately 500,000 electric customers. The company has announced that it plans to invest $30 billion in the next 20 years to make upgrades and modernize gas and electric distribution systems.
Hamrock began his career with American Electric Power in Steubenville, OH, as an electrical engineer in transmission and distribution planning. He has experience with commercial and industrial customer services, marketing, strategic development and other executive roles including senior vice president and chief information officer. He served as president of AEP Ohio immediately prior to moving to NiSource in May, 2012.
He received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Youngstown State University and a master's degree in business administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a Sloan fellow. He is a registered professional engineer in Ohio.
Hamrock’s talents are also showcased on stage when he performs with the classic rock band The Navigators, which is made up of primarily executives from (or formerly) American Electric Power. Their limited public engagements provide entertainment for charity events. Hamrock is occasionally asked to sit-in with the AEP “house band,” the Power Chords, which also includes AEP CEO Nick Akins.

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Here we go again!
We board a flight from Amsterdam and in 9 hours we are in the Caribbean. After a layover of just a couple of hours on Curacao, we fly on to Jamaica. We land in Kingston around 11 am local time. The air is hot, but not too humid.
We have a 3 hours layover, so we decide to get out of the airport and go have lunch in Port Royal, half an hour away on the coast. It's a bit of a ghost-town, once a very rich merchant harbor, destroyed at the end of the seventeenth century by a powerful earthquake. It looks like it never really recoveredâ€¦
We eat lunch in a small fish-restaurant, famous for its snapper. But I eat jerk chicken because I am picky with my fish, and the jerk-spices here are amazing!
Of course we drink some Red Stripe beers, and Simon and myself decide it's time to find some weed. It does not take long before we hit the jackpot: literally on the side of the local Police station, along the seaside, there are some barracks and shacks; inside a group of Rastas is busy cleaning and chopping weed and rolling it up in small balls, using rolling papers as containers.
We ask if we can buy some, and the guys are thrilled. It's cheap, less than 1 Euro per gram. But it's a bit bitter, very leafy, and we enjoy it just because it's been a while since we smoked in Amsterdam! Some of the Rastas in the back are smoking crack cocaine in a glass pipe, the smell is terribly sour. They ask if we like some, and we politely tell them we are just here for the ganja; they nod, and scream "Jah Rastafari"!
We sit and smoke a joint with them, and chat a bit about the local weed, and the cops. It's incredible that this is all happening next to the Police station.
We leave as soon as the joint is over, and we go back to the restaurant to join the rest of the crew.
It's time to get back to the airport and catch a JamaicanAirlines flight to Montego Bay, where our local contacts are waiting. The flight is really short, under half hour, and we arrive in MoBay before sunset. Bigga, Shanti, Nampo and Taleban are waiting for us and it's great to see them again; Arjan and myself spent some crazy days with these guys not long ago, during our scouting trips on the island.
These guys are a tight crew, and they are going to take care of us during the next days of this filming trip.
Nampo is a older Rasta, wise man, with lots of contacts and very respected.
Taleban, his friend, is a grower and a smuggler, a real pirate and one of the funniest guys we ever had with us during our expeditions.
Bigga is our driver/bodyguard, he's a man of the road and he knows who and what you need to know to keep us safe.
Shanti is a local singer, a reggae artist with an amazing talent and a great personality. I know him since he was 10 years old, back in 1994, when I spent a few weeks near where he lived with his father (the man supplying me with fine herb at the time). It was really special to find Shanti during our scouting trips back in July, he's now a grown up manâ€¦ and I am getting old! Shanti will come along and make sure the soundtrack of our travels is inspiring and inspired.
We get the cars, two Toyota Fortuner, and we load up the mountain of gear we are carrying. Then we drive down to Negril in the sunset light, and when we arrive it's already dark. We decide to spend the first night at the Blue CaveCastle, a really cozy place on the rocky cliffs of Negril.
It's another true 1994-flashback for me, this is one of the places where I stayed when I was a 20-years-old ganja-traveler, already a StrainHunter without knowing itâ€¦. Of course to make the flashback even more intense the same room where I slept then is available, so I take it.
It still looks the same.
We are tired from the long travel, and we decide to go for some food. Unfortunately the chef is sick, so we decide to find something not too far away. We hit a jerk-chicken stand by the side of the road and we eat like there's no tomorrow.
After a few Red Stripes and a few joints we go back to the hotel, where we smoke some good amount of high-grade weed, and some "gum", the local finger-hash.
The weed is definitely an indica-cross, it tastes sweet and strong, and they say it's from a site not too far from where we are. We make a plan for tomorrow, and we go to sleep. Jamaica is great. It's a true privilege to be here again.
Jah Bless!
And now we are back with MisterX pics, the man is a true artist..... enjoy!
Read the live thread here: http://www.strainhunters.com/forums/topic/2820-strain-hunters-jamaica-live-thread/

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https://marlonparkes.wordpress.com/
Here we go again!
We board a flight from Amsterdam and in 9 hours we are in the Caribbean. After a layover of just a couple of hours on Curacao, we fly on to Jamaica. We land in Kingston around 11 am local time. The air is hot, but not too humid.
We have a 3 hours layover, so we decide to get out of the airport and go have lunch in Port Royal, half an hour away on the coast. It's a bit of a ghost-town, once a very rich merchant harbor, destroyed at the end of the seventeenth century by a powerful earthquake. It looks like it never really recoveredâ€¦
We eat lunch in a small fish-restaurant, famous for its snapper. But I eat jerk chicken because I am picky with my fish, and the jerk-spices here are amazing!
Of course we drink some Red Stripe beers, and Simon and myself decide it's time to find some weed. It does not take long before we hit the jackpot: literally on the side of the local Police station, along the seaside, there are some barracks and shacks; inside a group of Rastas is busy cleaning and chopping weed and rolling it up in small balls, using rolling papers as containers.
We ask if we can buy some, and the guys are thrilled. It's cheap, less than 1 Euro per gram. But it's a bit bitter, very leafy, and we enjoy it just because it's been a while since we smoked in Amsterdam! Some of the Rastas in the back are smoking crack cocaine in a glass pipe, the smell is terribly sour. They ask if we like some, and we politely tell them we are just here for the ganja; they nod, and scream "Jah Rastafari"!
We sit and smoke a joint with them, and chat a bit about the local weed, and the cops. It's incredible that this is all happening next to the Police station.
We leave as soon as the joint is over, and we go back to the restaurant to join the rest of the crew.
It's time to get back to the airport and catch a JamaicanAirlines flight to Montego Bay, where our local contacts are waiting. The flight is really short, under half hour, and we arrive in MoBay before sunset. Bigga, Shanti, Nampo and Taleban are waiting for us and it's great to see them again; Arjan and myself spent some crazy days with these guys not long ago, during our scouting trips on the island.
These guys are a tight crew, and they are going to take care of us during the next days of this filming trip.
Nampo is a older Rasta, wise man, with lots of contacts and very respected.
Taleban, his friend, is a grower and a smuggler, a real pirate and one of the funniest guys we ever had with us during our expeditions.
Bigga is our driver/bodyguard, he's a man of the road and he knows who and what you need to know to keep us safe.
Shanti is a local singer, a reggae artist with an amazing talent and a great personality. I know him since he was 10 years old, back in 1994, when I spent a few weeks near where he lived with his father (the man supplying me with fine herb at the time). It was really special to find Shanti during our scouting trips back in July, he's now a grown up manâ€¦ and I am getting old! Shanti will come along and make sure the soundtrack of our travels is inspiring and inspired.
We get the cars, two Toyota Fortuner, and we load up the mountain of gear we are carrying. Then we drive down to Negril in the sunset light, and when we arrive it's already dark. We decide to spend the first night at the Blue CaveCastle, a really cozy place on the rocky cliffs of Negril.
It's another true 1994-flashback for me, this is one of the places where I stayed when I was a 20-years-old ganja-traveler, already a StrainHunter without knowing itâ€¦. Of course to make the flashback even more intense the same room where I slept then is available, so I take it.
It still looks the same.
We are tired from the long travel, and we decide to go for some food. Unfortunately the chef is sick, so we decide to find something not too far away. We hit a jerk-chicken stand by the side of the road and we eat like there's no tomorrow.
After a few Red Stripes and a few joints we go back to the hotel, where we smoke some good amount of high-grade weed, and some "gum", the local finger-hash.
The weed is definitely an indica-cross, it tastes sweet and strong, and they say it's from a site not too far from where we are. We make a plan for tomorrow, and we go to sleep. Jamaica is great. It's a true privilege to be here again.
Jah Bless!
And now we are back with MisterX pics, the man is a true artist..... enjoy!
Read the live thread here: http://www.strainhunters.com/forums/topic/2820-strain-hunters-jamaica-live-thread/

IEA Gas 2017 Global Launch

July 13, 2017
The natural gas market is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Industry has overtaken the power sector as the driving force behind the growin...

July 13, 2017
The natural gas market is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Industry has overtaken the power sector as the driving force behind the growing use of gas. At the same time, structural changes in gas supply and trade are changing global gas market. Heavily oversupplied markets, the ongoing shale-gas revolution in the United States and the fast-growing LNG trade are disrupting traditional gas business and pricing models. This is forcing market players to redefine their strategies and explore new markets.
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for the global launch of the IEA’s annual natural-gas market analysis and forecast report. Renamed Gas 2017, the market report provides a detailed analysis of supply and trade developments, infrastructure investments, and demand-growth forecast through 2022. Presenting the report will be Dr. Fatih Birol, the IEA’s Executive Director, and Peter Fraser, the head of the IEA’s Gas, Coal and Power Markets Division. Bob McNally, Founder and President of The Rapidan Group and Center on Global Energy Policy Fellow will moderate the discussion following the presentation.
A podcast of this event (in addition to other past Center events) will be available ~5 days after the date of the event through iTunes or via our website.

July 13, 2017
The natural gas market is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Industry has overtaken the power sector as the driving force behind the growing use of gas. At the same time, structural changes in gas supply and trade are changing global gas market. Heavily oversupplied markets, the ongoing shale-gas revolution in the United States and the fast-growing LNG trade are disrupting traditional gas business and pricing models. This is forcing market players to redefine their strategies and explore new markets.
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for the global launch of the IEA’s annual natural-gas market analysis and forecast report. Renamed Gas 2017, the market report provides a detailed analysis of supply and trade developments, infrastructure investments, and demand-growth forecast through 2022. Presenting the report will be Dr. Fatih Birol, the IEA’s Executive Director, and Peter Fraser, the head of the IEA’s Gas, Coal and Power Markets Division. Bob McNally, Founder and President of The Rapidan Group and Center on Global Energy Policy Fellow will moderate the discussion following the presentation.
A podcast of this event (in addition to other past Center events) will be available ~5 days after the date of the event through iTunes or via our website.

Living in the Sewers of Colombia

Aside from literally sleeping in feces, these people are dodging rats, flash floods and drug addicts. What's worse, the sewer dwellers are constantly under atta...

Aside from literally sleeping in feces, these people are dodging rats, flash floods and drug addicts. What's worse, the sewer dwellers are constantly under attack by local "death squads," who fire open rounds and pour gasoline into their underground homes, then set them ablaze.
Hosted by Thomas Morton | Originally released in 2007 at http://vice.com
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Aside from literally sleeping in feces, these people are dodging rats, flash floods and drug addicts. What's worse, the sewer dwellers are constantly under attack by local "death squads," who fire open rounds and pour gasoline into their underground homes, then set them ablaze.
Hosted by Thomas Morton | Originally released in 2007 at http://vice.com
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Introducing the Columbia Gas Training Center

This spectacular new complex features innovative teaching environments that benefit new hires, veteran employees as well as the communities we serve. We have a long history of safely and reliably delivering natural gas to communities and customers throughout Pennsylvania; the new Columbia GasTrainingCenter will help ensure that continues for many generations to come.

Columbia Gas of Virginia is prepared for extreme cold weather

While no energy delivery system can guarantee 100% reliability, natural gas is one of the most reliable and efficient. We take proactive steps, like the ones in this video, to ensure the highest level of reliability possible in extreme cold weather.

2:44

Columbia Gas puts onus on homeowner

Columbia Gas said today's house explosion was likely caused by in-home alterations to the ...

Natural Gas Utilities: "These Are My People" 1959 Columbia Gas System

Miscellaneous Technology playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A5AECE797B4D332
more at http://quickfound.net
"Natural gas: Servicemen, gas lines to homes and businesses, etc.
Film begins with shot of primitive methods used in digging for brine well, circa 1815 (hand-pumping); could pass for primitive oil drilling. CU's of 19th century gas lamps, and gas stovetops; street sweeper and derbied policeman of turn of century (circa 1890s)..."
Public domain film from the Library of CongressPrelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NiSource
NiSource, Inc. (NYSE:NI) is one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.5 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across seven states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands. The company, based in Merrillville, Indiana, has more than 7,000 employees...
Company operations
NiSource's natural gas utilities provide domestically produced supplies of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers via nearly 60,000 miles of pipeline and related facilities in seven states: Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
NiSource provides electric energy to nearly 500,000 customers, all located in northern Indiana. NiSource’s electric operations include power generation, transmission and local distribution, as well as wholesale and electric transmission transactions. NiSource uses both traditional and renewable generation sources, including natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, and coal generated supplies, providing a total system operating net capability of more than 3,000 megawatts.
In 2015, NiSource was named to the Dow JonesSustainability - North AmericaIndex for the second year in a row and for the ninth time since 1999.
Internal organization
NiSource operates seven local utilities in its service region.
- Northern IndianaPublic Service Co. (NIPSCO)
- Columbia Gas of Massachusetts (PreviouslyBay State Gas)
- Columbia Gas of Ohio
- Columbia Gas of Kentucky
- Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania
- Columbia Gas of Maryland
- Columbia Gas of Virginia
Recent corporate actions
On July 1, 2015, NiSource separated ColumbiaPipelineGroup (NYSE: CPGX) into a stand-alone publicly traded company. Each NiSource shareholder at the time of the separation received one share of Columbia Pipeline Group for each share of NiSource. The separation of Columbia Pipeline Group included Columbia Gas Transmission, Columbia Gulf Transmission, Columbia Midstream Group, its ownership in Columbia Pipeline Partners (NYSE: CPPL), and other natural gas pipeline, storage and midstream holdings.
Criticism
In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized NiSource for spending $1.83 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008-2010, instead getting $227 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $1.4 billion, and increasing executive pay by 33% to $11.2 million in 2010 for its top 5 executives. One rule NiSource, among other companies, benefitted from was a bonus depreciation rule that lowered the federal tax expense. NiSource stated, “This law, enacted by Congress, encouraged companies like NiSource to accelerate capital investments to spur economic recovery by permitting portions of these investments to be deducted at an accelerated rate. Only the timing of the deductions was changed, and not the amount that could be deducted. This means our income tax expense will likely be higher in the future.”

Natural gas safety

What should you do if you think there's a gas leak? How can you make sure your appliances are working safely? What gas lines should you have inspected? This video has answers to many common safety questions. Get more answers at ColumbiaGasOhio.com/StaySafe.

1:12

GPS Surveying Process - Columbia Gas of Virginia

Learn a little about our GPS Surveying process and how it's helping us improve our system....

WV Natural Gas Pipeline Rupture 12-2012

Fireball explosion of an interstate natural gas transmission line in West Virginia, which left behind a huge jet of flame that burned for more an hour, melted four lanes of I-77, destroyed four homes and damaged five others. The explosion occurred between Sissonville and Pocatalico just before 1 p.m. in a 20-inch transmission line owned by NiSource Inc., parent of Columbia Gas.

Natural Gas Utilities: "These Are My People" 1959 Columbia Gas System

Miscellaneous Technology playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1A5AECE797B4D332
more at http://quickfound.net
"Natural gas: Servicemen, gas lines to homes and businesses, etc.
Film begins with shot of primitive methods used in digging for brine well, circa 1815 (hand-pumping); could pass for primitive oil drilling. CU's of 19th century gas lamps, and gas stovetops; street sweeper and derbied policeman of turn of century (circa 1890s)..."
Public domain film from the Library of CongressPrelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.
The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NiSource
NiSource, Inc. (NYSE:NI) is one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.5 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across seven states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands. The company, based in Merrillville, Indiana, has more than 7,000 employees...
Company operations
NiSource's natural gas utilities provide domestically produced supplies of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers via nearly 60,000 miles of pipeline and related facilities in seven states: Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
NiSource provides electric energy to nearly 500,000 customers, all located in northern Indiana. NiSource’s electric operations include power generation, transmission and local distribution, as well as wholesale and electric transmission transactions. NiSource uses both traditional and renewable generation sources, including natural gas, hydroelectric, wind, and coal generated supplies, providing a total system operating net capability of more than 3,000 megawatts.
In 2015, NiSource was named to the Dow JonesSustainability - North AmericaIndex for the second year in a row and for the ninth time since 1999.
Internal organization
NiSource operates seven local utilities in its service region.
- Northern IndianaPublic Service Co. (NIPSCO)
- Columbia Gas of Massachusetts (PreviouslyBay State Gas)
- Columbia Gas of Ohio
- Columbia Gas of Kentucky
- Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania
- Columbia Gas of Maryland
- Columbia Gas of Virginia
Recent corporate actions
On July 1, 2015, NiSource separated ColumbiaPipelineGroup (NYSE: CPGX) into a stand-alone publicly traded company. Each NiSource shareholder at the time of the separation received one share of Columbia Pipeline Group for each share of NiSource. The separation of Columbia Pipeline Group included Columbia Gas Transmission, Columbia Gulf Transmission, Columbia Midstream Group, its ownership in Columbia Pipeline Partners (NYSE: CPPL), and other natural gas pipeline, storage and midstream holdings.
Criticism
In December 2011, the non-partisan organization Public Campaign criticized NiSource for spending $1.83 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008-2010, instead getting $227 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $1.4 billion, and increasing executive pay by 33% to $11.2 million in 2010 for its top 5 executives. One rule NiSource, among other companies, benefitted from was a bonus depreciation rule that lowered the federal tax expense. NiSource stated, “This law, enacted by Congress, encouraged companies like NiSource to accelerate capital investments to spur economic recovery by permitting portions of these investments to be deducted at an accelerated rate. Only the timing of the deductions was changed, and not the amount that could be deducted. This means our income tax expense will likely be higher in the future.”

Fueling Ohios Future: NiSource CEO Joe Hamrock

Joe Hamrock has a new gig this summer as president and CEO of NiSource, the parent company of Columbia Gas. On Wednesday, July 8, Hamrock was interviewed by Don DePerro, publisher and president of Columbus Business First.
NiSource recently completed a separation into two publicly traded companies, NiSource Inc. and ColumbiaPipelineGroup. Hamrock, most recently the Executive Vice President and Group CEO for NiSource's GasDistribution segment will lead NiSource. Robert Skaggs, Jr., who had the top position with NiSource prior to the split leads Columbia Pipeline Group as chairman & CEO.
NiSource remains one of the largest natural gas utility companies in the United States, serving more than 3.4 million customers in seven states including Columbia Gas of Ohio. NiSource also serves approximately 500,000 electric customers. The company has announced that it plans to invest $30 billion in the next 20 years to make upgrades and modernize gas and electric distribution systems.
Hamrock began his career with American Electric Power in Steubenville, OH, as an electrical engineer in transmission and distribution planning. He has experience with commercial and industrial customer services, marketing, strategic development and other executive roles including senior vice president and chief information officer. He served as president of AEP Ohio immediately prior to moving to NiSource in May, 2012.
He received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Youngstown State University and a master's degree in business administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a Sloan fellow. He is a registered professional engineer in Ohio.
Hamrock’s talents are also showcased on stage when he performs with the classic rock band The Navigators, which is made up of primarily executives from (or formerly) American Electric Power. Their limited public engagements provide entertainment for charity events. Hamrock is occasionally asked to sit-in with the AEP “house band,” the Power Chords, which also includes AEP CEO Nick Akins.

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Strain Hunters Jamaica Expedition (Full Length)

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Strain Hunters Jamaica Expedition (Full Length)

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Here we go again!
We board a flight from Amsterdam and in 9 hours we are in the Caribbean. After a layover of just a couple of hours on Curacao, we fly on to Jamaica. We land in Kingston around 11 am local time. The air is hot, but not too humid.
We have a 3 hours layover, so we decide to get out of the airport and go have lunch in Port Royal, half an hour away on the coast. It's a bit of a ghost-town, once a very rich merchant harbor, destroyed at the end of the seventeenth century by a powerful earthquake. It looks like it never really recoveredâ€¦
We eat lunch in a small fish-restaurant, famous for its snapper. But I eat jerk chicken because I am picky with my fish, and the jerk-spices here are amazing!
Of course we drink some Red Stripe beers, and Simon and myself decide it's time to find some weed. It does not take long before we hit the jackpot: literally on the side of the local Police station, along the seaside, there are some barracks and shacks; inside a group of Rastas is busy cleaning and chopping weed and rolling it up in small balls, using rolling papers as containers.
We ask if we can buy some, and the guys are thrilled. It's cheap, less than 1 Euro per gram. But it's a bit bitter, very leafy, and we enjoy it just because it's been a while since we smoked in Amsterdam! Some of the Rastas in the back are smoking crack cocaine in a glass pipe, the smell is terribly sour. They ask if we like some, and we politely tell them we are just here for the ganja; they nod, and scream "Jah Rastafari"!
We sit and smoke a joint with them, and chat a bit about the local weed, and the cops. It's incredible that this is all happening next to the Police station.
We leave as soon as the joint is over, and we go back to the restaurant to join the rest of the crew.
It's time to get back to the airport and catch a JamaicanAirlines flight to Montego Bay, where our local contacts are waiting. The flight is really short, under half hour, and we arrive in MoBay before sunset. Bigga, Shanti, Nampo and Taleban are waiting for us and it's great to see them again; Arjan and myself spent some crazy days with these guys not long ago, during our scouting trips on the island.
These guys are a tight crew, and they are going to take care of us during the next days of this filming trip.
Nampo is a older Rasta, wise man, with lots of contacts and very respected.
Taleban, his friend, is a grower and a smuggler, a real pirate and one of the funniest guys we ever had with us during our expeditions.
Bigga is our driver/bodyguard, he's a man of the road and he knows who and what you need to know to keep us safe.
Shanti is a local singer, a reggae artist with an amazing talent and a great personality. I know him since he was 10 years old, back in 1994, when I spent a few weeks near where he lived with his father (the man supplying me with fine herb at the time). It was really special to find Shanti during our scouting trips back in July, he's now a grown up manâ€¦ and I am getting old! Shanti will come along and make sure the soundtrack of our travels is inspiring and inspired.
We get the cars, two Toyota Fortuner, and we load up the mountain of gear we are carrying. Then we drive down to Negril in the sunset light, and when we arrive it's already dark. We decide to spend the first night at the Blue CaveCastle, a really cozy place on the rocky cliffs of Negril.
It's another true 1994-flashback for me, this is one of the places where I stayed when I was a 20-years-old ganja-traveler, already a StrainHunter without knowing itâ€¦. Of course to make the flashback even more intense the same room where I slept then is available, so I take it.
It still looks the same.
We are tired from the long travel, and we decide to go for some food. Unfortunately the chef is sick, so we decide to find something not too far away. We hit a jerk-chicken stand by the side of the road and we eat like there's no tomorrow.
After a few Red Stripes and a few joints we go back to the hotel, where we smoke some good amount of high-grade weed, and some "gum", the local finger-hash.
The weed is definitely an indica-cross, it tastes sweet and strong, and they say it's from a site not too far from where we are. We make a plan for tomorrow, and we go to sleep. Jamaica is great. It's a true privilege to be here again.
Jah Bless!
And now we are back with MisterX pics, the man is a true artist..... enjoy!
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IEA Gas 2017 Global Launch

July 13, 2017
The natural gas market is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Industry has overtaken the power sector as the driving force behind the growing use of gas. At the same time, structural changes in gas supply and trade are changing global gas market. Heavily oversupplied markets, the ongoing shale-gas revolution in the United States and the fast-growing LNG trade are disrupting traditional gas business and pricing models. This is forcing market players to redefine their strategies and explore new markets.
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for the global launch of the IEA’s annual natural-gas market analysis and forecast report. Renamed Gas 2017, the market report provides a detailed analysis of supply and trade developments, infrastructure investments, and demand-growth forecast through 2022. Presenting the report will be Dr. Fatih Birol, the IEA’s Executive Director, and Peter Fraser, the head of the IEA’s Gas, Coal and Power Markets Division. Bob McNally, Founder and President of The Rapidan Group and Center on Global Energy Policy Fellow will moderate the discussion following the presentation.
A podcast of this event (in addition to other past Center events) will be available ~5 days after the date of the event through iTunes or via our website.

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Living in the Sewers of Colombia

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Living in the Sewers of Colombia

Aside from literally sleeping in feces, these people are dodging rats, flash floods and drug addicts. What's worse, the sewer dwellers are constantly under attack by local "death squads," who fire open rounds and pour gasoline into their underground homes, then set them ablaze.
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